Hitchhiking the Galaxy
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- The Galaxy is an enormous place, and moving from your planet to worlds in a different solar system over vast interstellar distances will be no easy voyage. Today we'll consider how someone would go about hitchhiking around on spaceships, as a tribute to Sci-fi's master of humor, Douglas Adams.
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Credits:
Hitchhiking the Galaxy
Episode 176, Season 5 E10
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Gloria Meadows
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Campbell
Olly Epsom
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier www.artstation...
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Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com
Music:
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what are you in for? .... ''forging license plates on interstellar ships"
Lol
*scoots away slowly*
"The irony? Now I make license plates for real on a prison ship."
The idea of immortals living a nomadic lifestyle, sometimes settling down and starting a family, then moving on is one of the most idyllic scenarios for a human society I’ve ever heard. It plays into human need for risk taking, adventure, love, family, community, and knowledge that are ever present in literature
That sounds like a particularly masculine view to me. Wouldn't a being with any maternal instincts rather keep track of offspring? Both my grandmother and mother certainly have made extraordinary sacrifices to be with their grandchildren and watch them grow. This might be impractical when considering great-great-great-children, but for an immortal interstellar being, some semblance of permanently settling down would have appeal as well.
Have you read Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein? If not, do.
If you are immortal there are no risks...
@@squirlmy
settling down for 1000s of years? idk i'd want to change things up a little every now and again
@@Couldar
emotional risks
I met Douglas Adams in the early 80s in Australia ... he was more awesome in person :)
Even got an autographed copy of the first book.
Someone, one of our mods or patrons I think, was telling me last year that they actually met Adams the first time by fleeing into a bookstore from a rainstorm, which was otherwise deserted from that same storm. Apparently, and unsurprisingly, he was quite the conversationalist. :)
So long and thanks for all the fish
I am the 42nd Like to this post :)
so sad this is how it's gonna be
Adams was a legend. His books opened my eyes to the future and how it's only limited to our imagination
I'm thinking of making a space colonization or terraforming game. I would have neutronium and a few other super rare minerals, though, so that commodity based currency and trade can still happen.
For example: the common currency would be micrograms of neutronium, your colony ship would be worth tens to hundreds of kg depending on size and how fancy it was, and each star system would only have hundreds or thousands of megatonnes of neutronium.
When I go to sleep listening to this I have vivid dreams of all this.
Lucky bastard!
I agree with you completely.
It's my favorite sleeping material also but then I have to back track the next night to find where I'm up to.
@TrapHouseTV, I have been trying to repeat an awesome dream that I once had, it involved scantily dressed young ladies firing machine guns, and eating copious quantities of cream cakes.
MMMmmmmmm!...Great days!!
SFIA: "Space travel will never be casually cheap"
Elon Musk: "Hold my weed."
:-))
@@bobbobberbobalina
Yupp. And a lot nicer than Edison too.
@@nextdoornihilist7649 If Edison had been a complete douchebag in conversation and media he wouldn't have been such a successful businessman. Sure, he screwed over a lot of partners like Tesla but he knew how to sweet talk people into giving him the opportunity.
A bit nicer then Edison you say well I don't see him electrocuting elephants and other animals in public spectacles to try and sell his ideas
@@TotalyRandomUsername He created a reusable rocket that reduced the cost of launching things into space. He's not the second coming and he's not Albert Eisenstein but he did do something nobody did before. That being said the guy who created the protocol that created the internet is a much much more important person in history and probably one of the most influential people who ever lived.
"Wasteful behaviour is rarely encouraged."
Isaac's never seen a rap video.
ruclips.net/video/GlKL_EpnSp8/видео.html
He's doing pretty good then. :D
Or a middle eastern monarch
@@LucasDimoveo Or by extention the entire city of Dubai
Would be .. insert words.. to see a few star systems worth of tech civ waste much of it in making an albeit great rap video.
Whoa! This video came out today! Only 1,458 views
"You might want to grab a drink, a snack...and a towel." LMAO! Good one, Isaac!
Isaac, you left out the most important thing: DON'T PANIC!
A Utopian Democracy may have turned into an Authoritarian Nightmare or vice-versa in the decades before you arrive...
ChrisBrengel what?
@@uTubeMeltsYourBrain hoped it would be stuck on 42 views
@@ChrisBrengel so.. it is our job to deal with it so we dont fail the next to be .
So
If that is ok with all.
What playground do you suggest we use to deal with the problems and complexity and size and speed of our modern brand new historically unique awesome and awe inspiring unbelievably unlikely yet here conundrum we call the present state of affairs. If children anywhere are priority citizens it is hard to get ppl to like you if you hide behinx them... and that is just if another kid is after you..Hmhm.. no klln plz (can get a fightpermit and get allocated an available and convenient desert to get it over with someone 1 for 1you agreed to fight) reality tv yur leader for weeks not years and please let the thoussnds of thinktanks and academic news publication data presenting the best ways cuz 3 focal points forreference do if 1 was wrong.. social nerve centers.. the rest of humanity.. let that small thing deal with the burdens of brainstorming.. leader please.. jei, nei or dunno?
Better that young man gets a little help from 4 billion helpful people to break down the oprions and young man just says what his common sense and him grandma told him when he called 4 advise.. few week job. Million big ones. And go play for a year all free.
Let the billions of megaminds on earth
Bring the options and discussion to a level where reasonaility snd measur and science stands a good chance and gets rewarded when well done.
Leader always under watchful eyes of online ppl..
unless in bathroom/bedroom alone without exception.
Naive..
Naive is to leave the door open so the cat got out and thinking thr fence will hold him... Naive is also potentailly hellraising horror...
Naive, lazy or sloppy dumbshits are words i dont like too much in presenting examples in attitude around any topic when decicions that set the course or influence greatly all those to come for all time... so . Naive or not respectful dealings with the major simple but delicate task of arranging a courtesy to coming generations via using good open playground to discusss etc.. got a better idea?
A contest of ideas who can hold water under barrage in an "x factor style" and or suvivor or whaaaatever just not designed by modern election experts hahaha.. anyone else please. Just kidding. Experts are often quite expert. Thats handy sometimes if you are running human social industrial economy etc..
Or
Just get very comfotable and plug in an AI system you didnt build to moderate all and all will be well...
lol... no plz..no. no! Ty
Dobt forget what the summary of the summary of the summary resulted.
Good constant vigilence and we might have a chance to be very cool ppl anyone would be proud and safe and nice to have for neighbours.
The more we solve each Matter more or less individually .. .. there is what going on? Live RTS on probs and many giant blimps transporting ahi and disaster relief is hardcore and and fun common sense with emphasis on.. ask excurb1a he's probably better at that word than me.
Common sense 2041
on DNA's B day
at noon GMT
where arthur dent c.a lived ..Islington! My brain let me atthe lasts moment remember the place.. well..
would it or better be cool you think? Ahhh gl hf luv 🖖🐶
@@ChrisBrengel @ChrisBrengel That is also why we brought him with us.. just in case as you say. The newest in the dic crusher 5000 series. Crushes dictators with ease and can babysit and take care of the house and garden whilst youre busy rebuilding delightfully little after the "political moves" needed.. lol just kidding but nice. Sleep time ty 🤖
This makes me wonder about the size and responsibilities of an interstellar bureaucracy.
Generally, the efficiency of a bureaucracy is inversely proportional to the size of territory and to the number of regulations. With new technologies, both are expected to increase (more regulations to regulate new dangers and more people to govern).
However, future technologies such as advanced machine learning, logistics and biometric and DNA sequencing would make it easier.
Do you think an episode about 'The Future of Administration' would be interesting?
Love your work :)
yes please , that will be very interesting topic
Yes, I'm interested in this one too. What kind of governance structures would it take to oversee the construction of an Orbital Ring or a Shellworld? Who conducts traffic control in a Dyson Swarm? How would a civilization regulate the use of Stellasers or Interstellar Highway lasers (which also double as world-wrecking weapons)? What kind of government could a mega-civilization with a hundred trillion citizens have? I don't think democracy as we know it could scale to such size, but then I doubt an Imperial monarchy, oligarchy, or other Earth-historical government type would either.
If you would like Mr Arthur to do an episode about interstellar bureaucracy you will need to fill in Form B7.3 and send this to his office. Within 3 months you will receive a standardized email, explaining which other forms you will need to apply.
@@jw-pc7920 The bloody Vogons will want it sent in in triplicate, sent back, queried, buried in peat for 3 years, etc.
*cough Administratum *cough
So if we're talking about hitching on a ship not specializing in carrying passengers then we're talking about a guide to the interstellar hobo
Loved the Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy.
Issac's videos are the only ones where the likes can be at 100+ without having been posted long enough for anyone to have watched the whole thing and yet its okay, because you know the likes are deserved. Anywhere else, the same phenomenon is annoying.
So true sometimes if i see some of his new videos before i go into work ill like them without watching them so i can watch it later haha.
There should be more special likes we earn by some way and can give them maybe.. 1 golden thumb or one very smelly looking per 72 hours. That is a thingymahjiggy worth considering to consider for consideration's sake.
IDK, are you taking account time zone differences? People with early access, through "special membership" onpay-locked sites? Actually I supposed speculation on all this for every video only adds to the annoyance. :-/
As inspiring and enlightening as always Arthur. Thank you for your effort.
Your videos are always so inspirational and deeply thought out. Thank you for helping humanity dream bigger.
Hey, you sass that hoopy Isaac Arthur? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.
Must be Thursday. Could never get the hang of Thursdays.
Right! Good point. Thursday!
Why this isnt pinned idk. Its a perfect joke
In my time zone it's Friday when stuff comes out. Would that work better for you?
@@marsar1775 thank you! I imagine I just posted a bit too late. if I remember correctly isaac only spends the first 2 hours reading comments because he's got a pretty busy schedule. But praise from fellow viewers such as yourself is more than good enough for me!
42 likes. I cannot add a like now.
Been awhile since ive had time to watch these, brilliant content mate
Thinking about all those resources moving makes me think life could act like water does in a hydrologic cycle. Eroding things separating the bits by some determination changing the materials we touch. Just a thought, thanks man this is the kind of content i love talk about subjects that open your mind and frame enormous thoughts in a way that brings it into understanding.
♥️ you have no clue how happy I am to see this video posted... Finally, something to do while I'm sick.
Thank you Isaac!
Get well soon! :)
I hope you feel better soon, getting a touch of the scratchy throat and watery eyes this morning so I might be hunting for vids to watch while huddled up in a blanket impersonating a Petri dish soon myself :)
My wife's sister is in north of Nam so sick with large rash.. I convinced some buds to pitch in. A trip to the bar for us is 2 mon full srsly fir her ..she can get better when out of work jeez .. easyer and take care of the 3 kids better. I'd send some your way but I just... awkward... lol kidding. Ummm... get better soon m8 . see these 3 get well wishes I hope. I am officially now off yt comments for .. a week or more. More. Need to make a basic good slow 4x game idea i had a while as app.. And this channel has had its magnificent share i heard a guy say i think.. Hahaha! I spare y'all further ... me as is.
Im busy soon, lets just say. nnnnnn .. now.
Ps
Gl hf grandmasters and sages of tomorrow and the next. Be chill. Don't panic. And your towel's location is known to you and in your reach right now? Good.
Ok then. Take care. GL hf. Love.
🛀🍻🎶💖🌎🍒
Eurovision Socrates.. soul's hercules etc.. the text says..ruclips.net/video/IgpAVZ-0EV4/видео.html
Springnight in rvk cover
ruclips.net/video/OPDHsIuAXPc/видео.html
Last one.
Pardon me.
You remember this one?
The ultimate joke the song was building to reveals tge text has and is still about dudes looking for and finding ways to go to a eurovision party .. singing a song called a typical eurovision song.. poverty as an average man today would call it.. it is quite prone to be very funny indeed. So in the end badically the bums jump on board and lead the number of drinks up perfectly ish clandestine.
ruclips.net/video/AhgUbDZiO_Y/видео.html
Hope that helped at all. Ill clean apt now!! Get well soon.
A dumpster TARDIS? I think Oscar the Grouch would make a great Timelord!
Posted 20 minutes ago. And already over a thousand views.
Thanx for another happy Arthursday :)
@ lenandov
Posted 12hrs ago. And already 24,589 views.
Gotta love that stellaris background music!!
Douglas Adams' early demise was the biggest loss science fiction ever suffered. He gave us not only wonderful things to imagine, but ways to laugh about them. Your work here is a gift to his memory.
I didn't realise I lost my babelfish till after I watched the vid.
I wonder if that wonderful ear-fish does accents and impediments :)
Isaac Arthur - terraforming the moon!
Btws you should start giving talks
I could get you sponsored at Rice maybe. I’d love to see you take a larger stage.
I could probs def get you sponsored at trinity in San Antonio
I wonder if macalpine still teaches there
@@uTubeMeltsYourBrain One of our audience who works at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh talked me into giving a talk there early this summer, I'll see if I like it or not and if so I might do more. I normally am not a huge fan of talking to a crowd or doing a panel as I don't enjoy travel anymore and can talk to more folks on the channel while we all sit comfortably at home. :)
It could be fun to review the worst ideas from science fiction. Teleporting, flying into black holes etc. Things that create paradoxes like time travel.
I always carry a towel in my backpack in case I run into Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal or, you know, need to check the oil in my car.
A much better countermeasure against the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal is a dark pair of sunglasses. The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal is so stupid that if you can't see it, it assumes it can't see you, and will leave you alone. Ideally those sunglasses should naturally darken at the first sign of danger...
Now traveling at an improbability of two to the minus one hundred twenty seven million two hundred and one thousand five hundred and eighty six..
..and falling.
Happy Arthursday Everyone!!
Mr. Arthur, Thank you for all your work on this channel, by far the best channel on the internet!
You're very welcome!
I only just discovered this channel about 3 days ago. At first listening I felt that I couldn't handle the elmer fudd voice over and I switched off. Then it drew me back and I'm totally addicted to your voice. Its awesome!
"wasteful behaviour is rarely encouraged" Isaac Arthur, 2019
This statement is pretty ironic considering our current economical system
I become highly depressed thinking about not being able to witness the unfolding of the universe. A million, a billion, a trillion years from now. A hundred trillion. Not so much about humans but what the universe itself becomes. What consciousness becomes, what the vacuum becomes. Seeing the universe begin anew, merge, split or drift into nothingness for eternity. What is out there?
Thanks Arthur for allowing me the faintest glimpse.
>Mention perpetual motion machine
>No footage of Homer Simpson complaining about Lisa's perpetual motion machine
Isaac, listening to your videos is like reading a great book, you paint such vivid pictures with your words. Thank you for your channel and all the effort that gets put into making these
Thanks Kevin!
Another Fantastic Episode! I am getting close to the place where I am all caught up and need to wait like others for a new Video to watch. Thank you Isaac!
I think building an interstellar civilization in a globular cluster could be interesting. As the stars are close enough that most of the pitfalls for normal interstellar travel and communications would be greatly reduced.
Next week the Arthur's day and the Pi day will coincide.
Super job! I'm excited for next week. I love this channel!
And as I was turned into a peguin, I heard a voice coming from a fresh pot of coffee say: Welcome to SFIA.
Morning SFIA. I was watching a ton of stuff from Astronaut Kelly recently so I’m pretty hyped for this one. Love TUHG2TG
I love the concept of the restaurant at the end of the universe. At first I naturally assumed it was a location like on the edge of the known universe however it is literally at the end of the universe as in the universe is ending and you get to eat dinner as the universe is getting destroyed.
This is one of the more interesting and new topics from all the recent videos.
Many of the recent ones felt like they're mostly a revisit of older topics you've discussed before.
I'm always so excited to see another video from you!
This video was uploaded on my birthday, and I'm also a fan of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
The best Isaac Arthur videos start with something from Douglas Adams.
Last time I was this early the Vogongs hadn't destroyed Earth yet....
its always jarring to have time to spare, whether its a matter like this, premonitions of a world war, etc.
Which time?
@@gumunduringigumundsson9344 whichever you have to spare, if you can spare any
@@gumunduringigumundsson9344 Both, and neither.
By who that other time?and why? In chronological order. Just be glad its not alphabetically 🖖😄
5 or 6 reasons in total...im rusty.. dinged on them randomly with time. One for example is because of a little girl and her hobby.. hahaha!
Some are more terrifying than others. Don't Panic👊🌏💖🎶🛀
So happy I found your channel Mr. Arthur, been binge watching your videos the past few weeks and it's almost input overload given the shear amount of facts and specific details contained in each and every video. Being a lifelong space/cosmos science geek since age 4 watching Star Trek TNG with my father, I've watched just about every space/physics/sci-fi series, documentary, and movies I could find. And after a while it seems every new show or documentary were quite similar to the majority of previous videos on the topic, with very little new info or more in depth analysis or speculation beyond a layman's level, each new video or series the last 10-15 yrs are just rehashing the same topics and info but with different visual graphics and better cgi depictions.
Within the last 4-5 yrs the boom and increase of RUclips's popularity has created a handful of quality channels on the topic have arisen. Maybe a dozen or so quality channels have been making content that goes more in depth than the typical Discovery Nat Geo channel series. With YT's format having the ability to focus on just a single specific topic making a 20+ min video just on quasars, dark matter, or Fermi's Paradox for example it has allowed for the creation of more in depth videos that previously wasn't feasible. Despite the creation of these quality YT channels that are creating these more in depth detailed videos on specific topics that are a step up from what's previously been available via Nat Geo, PBS and the like they are still geared towards a more or less layman audience. An audience who's I would say a step up from the layman general public, towards someone already with a firm grasp on the basics and is enthusiastic about topic but (to borrow a sports fan like analogy) more of a weekend warrior than a life long die hard fan. Making video's that are interesting but not too advanced or complex in order to appeal to larger amount of viewers.
Your channel and the videos you make are like 3 steps up from every other channel or documentary I've ever seen. The amount of effort and attention to detail no matter how small is amazing. The ability to break down and analyze each step and facet explaining how it all comes together so we understand how object X works, or why theory Y is plausible and situation Z would likely never occur. Your ability to think and hypothesize on such a large grand scale is astonishing especially the civilizations at end of time videos really blew me away. Its obvious that your making your videos purely for the enjoyment of yourself and your subs, putting no restrictions on its content pulling no punches you're simply transcribing your thoughts and ideas as opposed to trying to craft a video specifically for what some target audience would like to hear. I truly respect that your Making video's not with primary goal of making money but to share the knowledge and passion you have for science and futurism.
Thank you Mr. Arthur for sharing your knowledge and passion with me and rest of world. Its people like you who play an enormous role in shaping our future, its the kind of ideas you imagine and share that will often inspire someone in the future to design and actually implement in the real world greatly benefiting society and those living in it for generations. (There's a show made about 10 yrs ago called "how William Shatner changed the world" if you've never seen its about how Gene Roddenberry inspired and gave a lot of important inventors the idea to design and construct their inventions that were actually the future technology Gene came up with for Star Trek, like the guy watches Star Trek as a kid got idea for the cell phone from the communicator and tri quarter)
This channel being what it is, I bet I'm not the only one who was quoting _Hitchhiker's Guide_ word-for-word *along with* Isaac.
I loved that series
Achieving space flight and the ability to manufacture in space could be a great filter(fermi paradox)
The average person could end their civilization by getting drunk and flying their vacation craft at relativistic speeds into the planet. If an automated foundry for ships is possible then there is no way to stop the spread of personally owned spacecraft.
1:13 "... so you might want to grab a drink, a snack, and a towel."
Hah! I *knew* you were gonna say that. 😄
If you want a transferable currency you'd probably have to barter "ancient" artifacts at each stop (I think this is what was basically done in Highlander the series!!!). Perhaps historical records that haven't had a chance to degrade due to time. Even first hand knowledge of other places could be valuable - they may even be able to mine memories directly to remove bias.
But what about sexy aliens? We brought that up last week, but you have yet to cover it!
So as a solution to the Fermi paradox, you suggest it's because aliens are too sexy to detect?
We probably will do that episode, but I'm thinking the next Alien Civs episode will be Creepy Aliens.
Isaac Arthur speaking on behalf the male humanoids of this species, we want sexy aliens😉
@@isaacarthurSFIAI can already tell I'm going to love the Sexy Aliens vid.
Imagine the book recommendations...
@@robertsaget67 booty call of cathulu? Green seed? Triboobs? The possibilities are endless!
Stellaris Soundtrack FTW!!!
I know I'm a year late for the Douglas Adams stuff, but it would be really dope if at some point you did a vid about the Babel fish. Not specifically the fish itself, but hypothetical objects, technologies, etc that would allow for unhindered communication between wildly different languages.
The best channel on RUclips hands down. Thank you for another happy Arthursday Isaac!
Thank you for yet another thought provoking video. So many things to think about.
There is a classic tabletop roleplaying game setting called “Traveller” the name of which comes from their in-universe class of people who ply the stars for a living, the majority of whom do exactly this: hitchhike. Now the setting does have an FTL system, but a fairly slow one 1 week to get out of the system on conventional fusion drives, a 1 week “jump” at FTL of 1-6 parsecs (most ships have a max jump of 1-2, but can be more if you dedicate large portions of the ship to it), and 1 week on conventional fusion drives into the system you jumped to to refuel. So news still takes years to cross the empire, but it is feasible to have a feudally-organized confederation over a few million worlds with a shared trade currency (in cash-on-hand, so you can’t commit FTL wire fraud), a courier relay system that diffuses news, private communications, and updates to your imperial wikipedia equivalent across the region, and a legal code that protects traders and travellers while in transit or at the imperial spaceport. Also it’s a setting that realizes that “millions of worlds” is barely a blip on the scale of the galaxy as a whole, with them not expanding further due to unfriendly neighbors at a similar tech level and scale.
The shout out to Glen Cook's work made my day. On of my very favorite authors, and The Black Company is his magnum opus. You, sir, have yet again proven your wonderful taste in literature.
Gotta love thursdays
I love your content and your logic is beyond reproach but I have one pet-peeve: (I know, it's being a tad OCD) The SOLAR System is named such because our star is called Sol; other systems, until we know the name of the star, are all referred to as "Star Systems".
BTW, where do you get your stock footage? It's always amazing and usually very well suited to the narrative.
While popping the dream of exploring the universe is a bitter pill to swallow, the thought of hitchhiking like an intergalatic hobo is a great consolation prize. Especially if we get hobo signs on the sides of airlocks.
"This guy has his stuff together.... he knows where his towel is"
I’d imagine the only way of commercial space travel would be like a public transportation system
Were thousands of rockets are periodically going specific routs to and back from a destination with hundreds of stops along the way around or at points of interest or connecting points
A most enlightening video as always Isaac. You always make my Thursday great and considering your views and looks at realistic and practical technologies, I really look forward to you bending my mind with the implications of Clarketech.
You missed the chance to call the freighter an Arcturian Mega-Freighter.
With exceptional biological life extension that boarders immortality, your relatives might not even remember you. Which might make for some awkward family reunions XD
Also, I wonder with the whole civilizations at the end of time series if civilizations would purposefully cause neutron stars to undergo star quakes to extract the extreme burst of energy it would release
sounds 100X better than the family reunions I've heard about.
they will probably have extremely long family names that keep track of who is who when and where, etc.... lol
Love all his books and all your videos.
We love your voice and the speed you narrate information 👍👽🐱🐯🦁
Hey! The story about the Black Company is similar to the Golden Company in the GoT books. They also left home so long ago most of them barely remember it and intend to go back one day. They also keep records of their members, I think...
Great episode. It seems there's a light to recommend the nomadic lifestyle, though those travel times...
So... your Oumuamua opening scene looks like a clip straight out of Austen Powers!
Voice is sounding particularly sexy today. No thats not a piss take. Its comforting, like a cozy blanket of well thought out ideas and new information. Can't begin to tell you how important this channel is or how positively it's influenced my life. Much love bro.
Isaac, if you have not read "The Dark Beyond The Stars" by Frank M. Robinson, I would recommend. It was an interesting take on a generational ship searching for life in the galaxy. It is the only first person fiction novel I've ever enjoyed reading.
That is the Stellaris theme bruh
I appreciate you
Isaac, you're an artist. I love you
Always interesting and educational. Thank you Isaac for sharing grains of knowledge with us. And of course, have a great week.
Somebody's got to get this man some quality Elite Dangerous footage.
Ty for this rather well thought out video. It has given me food for thought while fleshing out my custom world for the Battletech/Mechwarrior Campaign I want to DM.
The Little note you made about the spacing culture made my scalp itch. then i remembered "CItizen of the Galaxy" Well Done.
Heck yeah boy
If we assume radical life extension technology will exist in the future, is it also possible that quantum entanglement will allow instantaneous communication over interstellar distances facilitating the development of some kind of galactic internet?
Great pictures and great episode!
Yes, I've got my organic yogurt with cranberry jam and sunflower seeds and stevia and tahini. Go, Isaac!
My favorite sci-fi book.
Wow! Awesome video as usual.
I heard many 'R's in this that were pronounced perfectly! And great mention of Glen Cook and Black Company. One Eye would be proud.
You are the best! Thank you for the thought provoking presentations! So glad you were on Fade to Black!
Ready for next Thursday...already.
love that stellaris music ^^
Towelie says "Always bring a towel!"
If there was one episode for Audible to sponsor, this was the one.
Since he uploads to Google Podcasts he is more of a competitor to Audible.
I also loved the Black Company.
I just discovered this channel last night. Where have I been? Isaac, your stuff is amazing!
Now you spiked my intrest in black company books, i heard about them from many sources, last being a game "Age Of Decadence" that was supposedly very inspired by it.
How were they accepted along the way, did they find home.. uh so much books to read..
Another video that will have me thinking for most of this week!
When I heard you start to talking about interstellar currencies and converting between them at each stop, I started wondering about the different forms it might take. Then I had an idea that might allow a more-or-less universal system of trade: adopting the Joule as our official currency. Energy is (or likely will be) a widely useful, convertible, transferable commodity that is vital to the proper functioning of a society that moves between stars at relativistic speeds or stores entire civilizations on computers-- once we are able to store it effectively, I don't see many barriers for it becoming our primary form of money, or at least the backing for a more representational currency. I imagine it could be stored in every manner from supercapacitors to nuclear fuel (fissile or fusible) to antimatter to kinetic/orbital/rotational energy, or any combination of these, and could be transferred through superconductors, electromagnetic waves, or even in the aforementioned kinetic energy of other goods, such as the starships themselves. I imagine they would have to come up with something better than a lightyear-long solenoid to reclaim the energy of a starship-- perhaps input a small amount of energy to drive a photonic laser thruster that boosts the orbit of some object which can later be reclaimed with an electrodynamic tether?-- but buying the energy it takes to leave one system and then selling it to the people at the destination seems like a somewhat feasible way for star pilots to pay their passage and for system governments to pay each other for goods and services. And interstellar laser highways also don't sound too different from a galactic energy grid....
I would also love to write a story where "banks" are actual banks of capacitors, shuffling energy around between "accounts." This, of course, brings up transference and storage losses-- a kind of "negative interest," if you will-- but I think that would just make it more interesting. Power generation facilities will become all the more important, since they are essentially minting money for people. And this itself brings up the potential for certain kinds of "counterfeit," illegally tapping grids and then exchanging it at rates no one could ever hope to compete with. Is it comlicated enough for a good story, or so flawed it's infeasible?
Happy Arthursday, everyone/Euch allen... 😊😊😊
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